{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p>Accordingly, two cities have been formed by two loves:\r\nthe earthly by the love of self, even to the contempt of God;\r\nthe heavenly by the love of God, even to the contempt of\r\nself. The former, in a word, glories in itself, the latter in\r\nthe Lord. For the one seeks glory from men; but the\r\ngreatest glory of the other is God, the witness of conscience.\r\nThe one lifts up its head in its own glory; the other\r\nsays to its God, \"Thou art my glory, and the lifter up of\r\nmine head.\"<a id=\"FNanchor_126_126\"></a><a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_126_126\">[126]</a> In the one, the princes and the nations it\r\nsubdues are ruled by the love of ruling; in the other, the\r\nprinces and the subjects serve one another in love, the latter\r\nobeying, while the former take thought for all. The one\r\ndelights in its own strength, represented in the persons of its\r\nrulers; the other says to its God, \"I will love Thee, O Lord,\r\nmy strength.\"<a id=\"FNanchor_127_127\"></a><a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_127_127\">[127]</a> And therefore the wise men of the one<span class=\"pagenum\"><a id=\"Page_48\">[Pg 48]</a></span>\r\ncity, living according to man, have sought for profit to their\r\nown bodies or souls, or both, and those who have known\r\nGod \"glorified Him not as God, neither were thankful, but\r\nbecame vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was\r\ndarkened; professing themselves to be wise,\"—that is, glorying\r\nin their own wisdom, and being possessed by pride,—\"they\r\nbecame fools, and changed the glory of the incorruptible God\r\ninto an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and\r\nfour-footed beasts, and creeping things.\" For they were\r\neither leaders or followers of the people in adoring images,\r\n\"and worshipped and served the creature more than the\r\nCreator, who is blessed for ever.\"<a id=\"FNanchor_128_128\"></a><a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_128_128\">[128]</a> But in the other city\r\nthere is no human wisdom, but only godliness, which offers\r\ndue worship to the true God, and looks for its reward in the\r\nsociety of the saints, of holy angels as well as holy men,\r\n\"that God may be all in all.\"<a id=\"FNanchor_129_129\"></a><a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_129_129\">[129]</a></p>","headings":["THE CITY OF GOD.","BOOK FOURTEENTH.[1]","ARGUMENT."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg45305-paragraph-93"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"ae921446a1eefe4872fca2b9dc51cf67ad27926ffb79e5ce0a7906bc1e4711cd","edition_title":"The City of God, Volume II","edition_translators":["Marcus Dods","George Wilson (Books XVII-XVIII)"],"edition_year":1871,"explicit_reference_candidates":[{"book":"1CO","chapter":15,"kind":"unreviewed","source_notation":"1 Cor. xv. 28","verse":28,"verse_end":28}],"headings":[],"id":"pg45305-Footnote_129_129","license_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/policy/license.html","public_import_allowed":false,"record_kind":"original-editor-translator-note","review_required":["work and recension attribution","original-work chronology","Bible reference numbering and citation kind","English edition rights and attribution"],"review_status":"needs_review","rights_evidence":"Provider catalog reports public domain in the USA. Original transcription title leaves state T. & T. Clark, Edinburgh, 1871; printed translator allocation retained. Gutenberg credits Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries without an exact scan identifier. Full provider license preserved with acquired original; republication and per-work metadata remain unreviewed.","source_anchor":"Footnote_129_129","source_ebook":45305,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\">\n<p><a id=\"Footnote_129_129\"></a><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#FNanchor_129_129\"><span class=\"label\">[129]</span></a> 1 Cor. xv. 28.</p></div>","source_sha256":"7e0ced9e70512f3cf050b53c9d548e36b70d468d875153869f95d8aff5bbb530","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/45305/pg45305-images.html#Footnote_129_129","text_sha256":"88eab40bc649c1d83ad8ecc82a0360539feebebca79af4190efd0c01e722016d","verified":false,"work_id":null}